toper

[ toh-per ]

noun

, Literary.

1. a habitual drinker of alcohol who is frequently intoxicated; a heavy drinker.

Word History and Origins

Origin of toper¹

First recorded in 1665–75; tope ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

For a while she thought of herself as a kind of medical Chaucer, whose wards thronged with colorful types, coves, topers, old hats, nice dears with a sinister secret to tell.

From Literature

His drinks column for the Observer's food magazine was an engaging confection of wit, doom and fantasy, as it would be from a such a seasoned toper.

From The Guardian

Meanwhile, Labour is trying to paint the prime minister as a crazed video-game addicted toper who "rants at the dispatch box", as the shadow leader of the house, Angela Eagle, put it on Thursday.

From The Guardian

The habitually temperate man, when he does casually exceed, shows his condition very promptly; the habitual toper can dissemble it far longer.

From Project Gutenberg

Barely had Merry started to question the old toper when Hodge, Ready, and Gallup appeared, hurrying forward.

From Project Gutenberg